Researchers identify gene associated with severe kidney failure in diabetes
...dicals. "Prior to these genetic analyses, kidney doctors were unaware that this pathway played an important role in diabetic kidney disease," Freedman said. He added that the groups at Wake Forest and in Germany had been looking for the gene or genes after concluding that a region on chromosome 18 was imp...Rice's Drezek wins $3M grant for breast cancer research
...ope and needle-compatible fiber optic systems that doctors can use for a variety of diagnostic and therapeuti... guiding and monitoring therapeutic interventions, doctors use a variety of imaging technologies like x-rays, ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI...Radiation therapy combo cures prostate cancer long-term
... for prostate cancer. Over the course of 15 years, doctors followed 232 men with early-stage prostate cancer who received a course of external beam radiation therapy followed by permanent seed implants a few weeks later. Sixty-five percent of these patients had T2b-T3 disease and the entire group had an aver...Should smokers be refused surgery?
...nacceptable discrimination. "It is astounding that doctors would question whether they should treat smokers,"... an acceptable norm, he writes. It is shameful for doctors to be willing to treat everybody but smokers in a society that is supposed to be pluralistic and tol...Long-term data on safety and effectiveness of antiobesity drugs needed
...ong-term effects of antiobesity drugs is needed so doctors can be confident that their benefits outweigh their risks, state the authors of a New Drug Class article in this week's issue of The Lancet. The International Obesity Task Force estimates that more than 300 million individuals worldwide are obese ...Pregnant women in the dark on prenatal screening
...titioner has provided it." Ms Milligan said some doctors felt it was up to obstetricians, midwives often relied on doctors, and counsellors agreed the education process could be "haphazard". She said as a result many women were simply not being given the information they needed before deciding to undergo...Doctors neglect insomnia in older patients
...bout sleep. We (the researchers) hypothesize that doctors think that sleep problems are a normal part of agi...nt, "Do you feel sleepy during the day?" will clue doctors whether to pursue further questioning about sleep in a patient....Mistletoe is not an anti-cancer drug, say doctors
... treat cancer is a myth which can cause harm, warn doctors in this week's Christmas issue of the BMJ. The warning follows the case of a cancer patient who attended hospital with a tumour-like growth under the skin induced by mistletoe. Some patients with cancer inject themselves mistletoe extract in the ...Strong emotions in Shakespeare's plays lead to fits and fatalities
...the Bard still have a relevant message for today's doctors never underestimate the power of emotions to disturb bodily functions....Genetically modified cells attack tumors
...11 (irinotecan), is already used to treat cancers, doctors and scientists already know how the drug behaves i...targeting tumor cells while avoiding normal cells, doctors could treat the neuroblastoma aggressively while minimizing side effects." Danks is senior author of...Pain relief effectiveness down to mind-set?
...ding these differences could better inform the way doctors and nurses provide treatments in the future. "It could also facilitate more effective clinical trial design, which could substantially reduce the costs of developing new pain killers for patients with conditions like cancer and arthritis. "A fu...Snake-like robot and steady-hand system could assist surgeons
.... These systems and instruments could someday help doctors treat patients more safely and effectively and all...ient responded to the treatment. From this review, doctors could learn which techniques and procedures were most effective. "We could produce the equivalent of...Blood transfusions raise heart patients' infection and death risk -- especially women
...sions. Rogers notes that patients should ask their doctors regarding banking their own blood if possible, when scheduled for a bypass operation or other kind of surgery. In addition, physicians are increasing their use of transfusion alternatives such as blood "expanders," blood substitutes and blood-conser...MIT implant could measure tumor growth, treatment
...lant now being developed at MIT could one day help doctors rapidly monitor the growth of tumors and the progr...certain cancer drug has reached the tumor, helping doctors determine whether a treatment is working in a particular patient. "You really want to have some so...Brains can recover from alcoholic damage but patients should stop drinking as soon as possible
...parate lines of research but because it might give doctors the tools to motivate their alcohol-dependent patients to stay sober. "Doctors treating or studying alcoholism should be made aware of the research of Dr Bartsch because it may provide a motivational tool that is a broad set of concrete, tangible, ...New report highlights aromatase inhibitor side effects
...cent) reported receiving no information from their doctors about short-term side effects. Over half (63 percent) reported receiving no information from their doctors about long-term effects, but because AIs are relatively new, little long-term side effect data is av...'Clumping' protein linked to return of ovarian cancer
...entify women most at risk for recurrence and guide doctors and patients to greater vigilance and extended therapy," said Ie-Ming Shih, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. The research also suggests that drugs capable of blocking NAC-1 activity may be a useful...Defibrillators should be available in ski resorts
As the ski season gets underway, doctors in this weeks BMJ say that more defibrillators should be placed in ski resorts to help prevent sudden cardiac deaths. Automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are electrical devices used to restore a normal heartbeat. They are often placed in busy ...Obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors
... of obesity could bankrupt the health system, warn doctors in this weeks BMJ. In the United Kingdom, well over half the population is overweight and more than one in five adults is obese, write Naveed Sattar and colleagues. Obese people are at high risk of multiple health problems, while the cost of obesit...Psychological therapies for common anxiety disorder not readily available in primary care settings
...ause of limited resourcesFor the immediate future, doctors in most western countries will probably prescribe drug treatment most commonly, irrespective of patient choice. ...